The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, located in Plains, Georgia, preserves sites associated with James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr. (born 1924), 39th President of the United States. These include his residence, boyhood farm, school, and the town railroad depot, which served as his campaign headquarters during the 1976 election. The building which used to be Plains High School (opened in 1921 Read More
Category Archives: a Interest Presidents
Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Dixon Illinois and his Westside Manor Los Angeles California
The Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home is the house located at 816 South Hennepin Avenue, Dixon, Illinois, in which the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan lived as a youth beginning in 1920. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The home is open to visitors from April to October. In the posh Westside pocket called Read More
Richard Nixon Birthplace Yorba Linda California and His San Clemente California Home
The Richard Nixon Birthplace is the birthplace and early childhood home of Richard Nixon (1913-1994), the 37thPresident of the United States. It is located on the grounds of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum at 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard in Yorba Linda, California, and now serves as a historic house museum. Built in 1912 on family ranchland, it was home to the Nixon Read More
George Washington Mount Vernon Alexandria, Virginia
George Washington (February 22, 1732[b] – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation’s War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the Read More
George H. W. Bush, Summer House Compound Kennebunkport Maine
Walker’s Point Estate (or the Bush compound) is the summer retreat house of the Bush family which served as the Summer White House of George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean in the northeast United States, on Walker’s Point (previously known as Point Vesuvius and home to a Kennebunkport city park called “Damon Park”). Walker’s Point Read More
Bill Clinton Boyhood Home Hot Springs, Arkansas
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Prior to his presidency, he served as governor of Arkansas (1979–1981 and 1983–1992) and as attorney general of Arkansas (1977–1979). A member of the Democratic Party, Clinton was known as a New Democrat, and Read More
George W. Bush Childhood Home Midland Texas
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Born into the Bush family, his father, George H. W. Bush, served as the 41st president Read More
Barack Obama’s Childhood Home in Honolulu Hawaii
Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ (listen) bə-RAHK hoo-SAYN oh-BAH-mə;[1] born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to Read More
James Madison’s Montpelier, Montpelier Station, Virginia
James Madison’s Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including fourth President of the United States, James Madison, and his wife Dolley. The 2,650-acre (10.7 km2) property is open seven days a week with the mission of engaging the public with the enduring legacy of Madison’s most powerful idea: government by the people. Montpelier was declared a National Read More
John Adams Peace Field Home, Quincy, Massachusetts
Peacefield, also called Peace field or Old House, is a historic home formerly owned by the Adams family of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was the home of United States founding father and U.S. president John Adams and First Lady Abigail Adams, and of U.S. president John Quincy Adams and his First Lady, Louisa Adams. It is now part of the Adams National Historical Park. The Stone Library requested by John Quincy Adams Read More